Jalandhar (Lok Sabha constituency)

Jalandhar Lok Sabha constituency (formerly known as Jullundur Lok Sabha constituency) is one of the 13 Lok Sabha constituencies in Punjab state in northern India. It is reserved for schedule caste.

Jalandhar
Lok Sabha Constituency
IncumbentSantokh Singh Chaudhary
Parliamentary PartyIndian National Congress
Elected Year2014
Constituency Details
Established1952
StatePunjab
Assembly Constituencies

Assembly segments

Presently, after delimitation, this constituency comprises the following nine Vidhan Sabha segments:[1]

  1. Phillaur (SC)
  2. Nakodar
  3. Shahkot
  4. Kartarpur (SC)
  5. Jalandhar West (SC)
  6. Jalandhar Central
  7. Jalandhar North
  8. Jalandhar Cantonment
  9. Adampur (SC)

Old assembly segments

Before delimitation of the parliamentary constituencies in 2008, this constituency comprised the following nine Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) segments:[2]

  1. Jullundur Cantonment
  2. Jullundur North
  3. Jullundur Central
  4. Jullundur South
  5. Kartarpur
  6. Lohian
  7. Nakodar
  8. Kapurthala
  9. Sultanpur

Members of Parliament
Lok Sabha Duration Name of the Member Party Affiliation
First1952-57Amar NathIndian National Congress
Second1957-62Swaran SinghIndian National Congress
Third1962-67Swaran SinghIndian National Congress
Fourth1967-71Swaran SinghIndian National Congress
Fifth1971-77Swaran SinghIndian National Congress
Sixth1977-80Iqbal Singh DhillonShiromani Akali Dal
Seventh1980-84Rajinder Singh SparrowIndian National Congress (I)
Eighth1984-89Rajinder Singh SparrowIndian National Congress
Ninth1989-91Inder Kumar GujralJanata Dal
Tenth1991-93YashIndian National Congress
Tenth1993-96Umrao SinghIndian National Congress
Eleventh1996-98Darbara SinghShiromani Akali Dal
Twelfth1998-99Inder Kumar GujralJanata Dal
Thirteenth1999–2004Balbir SinghIndian National Congress
Fourteenth2004-09Rana Gurjeet SinghIndian National Congress
Fifteenth2009-2014Mohinder Singh KaypeeIndian National Congress
Sixteenth2014-2019Santokh Singh ChaudharyIndian National Congress
Seventeenth2019-2024Santokh Singh ChaudharyIndian National Congress

Election results

2019
2019 Indian general elections: Jalandhar
Party Candidate Votes % ±
INC Santokh Singh Chaudhary 3,85,712 37.90
SAD Charanjit Singh Atwal 3,66,221 35.90
BSP Balwinder Kumar 2,04,783 20.10
AAP Justice (Retd.) Jora Singh 25,467 2.50
NOTA None of the above 12,324 1.21
Majority 19,491 1.91
Turnout 10,19,403 63.04 -4.04
INC hold Swing
2014 Indian general elections: Jalandhar
Party Candidate Votes % ±
INC Santokh Singh Chaudhary 3,80,479 36.56
SAD Pawan Kumar 3,09,498 29.74
AAP Jyoti Mann 2,54,121 24.42 +24.42
BSP Sukhwinder Singh Kotli 46,914 4.51
Majority 70,981 6.82
Turnout 10,40,778 67.08 -0.07
INC hold Swing
2009 Indian general elections: Jalandhar
Party Candidate Votes % ±
INC Mohinder Singh Kaypee 4,08,103 45.34
SAD Hans Raj Hans 3,71,658 41.29
BSP Surjit Singh 93,592 10.40
Majority 36,445 4.05
Turnout 8,99,691 67.15
INC hold Swing
1998 Indian general election: Jalandhar
Party Candidate Votes % ±
JD I.K. Gujral 3,80,785
INC Umrao Singh 2,49,769
BSP Baldev Singh 5,693
Independent Gurdev Singh 3,160
Majority 1,31,016
Turnout 6,50,836
JD hold Swing
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See also

Notes
  1. "List of Parliamentary & Assembly Constituencies". Chief Electoral Officer, Punjab website.
  2. "Statistical Report on General elections, 2004 to the 14th Lok Sabha, Volume III" (PDF). Election Commission of India website. pp. 709–11. Retrieved 8 April 2010.

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